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Section on: It's All Downhill From Here On Up
James
Chris
Pang Shoua
Joyson
Daniel

Structure: how was the story told? Did the story follow a sequence or order?-
Personal Connection, Influential people, adventure-
Vocabrhododendron_barbatum.jpg
  1. Rhododendron-any evergreen or deciduous shrub or tree belonging to the genus Rhododendron, of the heath family, having rounded clusters of showy, pink, purple, or white flowers and oval or oblong leaves.
  2. Pathologically optimistic- always looking at the bright side of things.
  3. Blazes-A mark cut or painted on a tree to indicate a trail. blueblaze.jpg
  4. Logistical-Of or relating to logistics
  5. Furtive-sly; shifty
  6. Cascades-a mountain range
  7. Pensive-dreamily or wistfully thoughtful
  8. Cadre-a group of trained or otherwise qualified personnel capable of forming, training, or leading an expanded organization, as a religious or political faction, or a skilled work force

Themes
  1. good cheer
  2. pathologically optimistic
  3. "A night indoors is a night wasted," he told me. He had structured his existence around the idea that the outdoors wasn't an escape from real life but the basis for it.
  4. inability to say anything negative
  5. "It's all downhill from here on up"
  6. "Never let the fact that you're having a horrible time of things get in the way of the good times"